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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven: By Twelve Only.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of his children did Charles Willson Peale shut inside his museum-residence along with himself and his wife?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

2. Where was a Philadelphia woman and her black servant tarred and feathered?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Milford, Delaware.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Manhattan, New York.

3. Where did Jones and Allen discover a house where the mother was dead, the father was dying, and the children were huddled together, frightened and hungry?
(a) Beckett's Allley.
(b) Main St.
(c) Water St.
(d) Emsley's Alley.

4. By September 17, how many burials were taking place daily?
(a) 70.
(b) 80.
(c) 85.
(d) 75.

5. By the first of September, how many people were jammed into Bush Hill?
(a) Nearly 150.
(b) About 75.
(c) Over 100.
(d) Around 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the newspaper that was printed at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. What was the name of the doctor who had studied yellow fever, but never seen it?

3. How many cords of wood did a subcommittee obtain before winter set in?

4. What did A.B., a contributor to "Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser," find in rainwater barrels?

5. How much money was donated to refugees from Santo Domingo?

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